Milk-bottle carrier



E. M. KNUDSEN.

MILK BOTTLE CARRIER.

APr ucATlou FILED AUG.25, 192:.

Patented June 27, 1922 sratt EDWARD 'MICHAEL KNUDSEN, OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

MILK-BOTTLE CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. Kxoosmr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Superior, in the county of Douglas and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MillcBottle Carriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable other skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved milk bottle carrier, and it has for its principal object to generally improve upon devices of this class by providing one of extreme simplicity and durability which will effec tively carry the bottle and will not permit accidental dropping of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier of this class which embodies a stopper-engaging member which is designed to be received in the seat of the neck of the bottle, together with a handle having an offset portion pivotally connected with said member and means on its lower end for effectively engaging the bead on the bottle.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a device embodying the construction above mentioned together with a spur carried by the stopper-engaging member, the spur being designed to be passed through the stopper so that the device is given the additional function of a stopper extractor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention showing the same attached to a milk bottle.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a stopper-engaging member which is preferably in the form of a disk, the same being designed to be received in the recessed portion or seat S in the upper portion of the milk bottle B. This member 1 carries a pair of integral upstanding spaced arms 2, to the upper ends of which Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntq i J 27 1922 Application filed August 25, 1921.

Serial No. 495,273.

a handle designated as a whole by the numeral 3, is detacha'bly pivotally connected by means of a cotter pin a. This handle 3 is equipped on its upper end with a cross piece 5 to form a convenient finger-grip and it is formed with an angular offset part 6 having a substantially semi-circular bottleengaging member 7 on its lower end. It is to be noted that this bottle-engaging member 7 has its inner face beveled to permit it to effectively engage the curved surface of the bead C of the bottle.

It has been previously indicated that the device can be used for extracting caps or stoppers and in order to permit this to be accomplished, a spur 9, preferably in the form of a bent and sharpened nail, is secured to the central part of the member 1 and is designed to pierce the stopper as indicated so that by grasping the cross-piece 5 on the handle and moving the latter tothe dot-ted line position and then exerting an upward pull on the disk 1, the stopper can be removed.

In order to place the device in position on a bottle for carrying the latter from the store or other place, the angular supr 9 is simply passed through the stopper D and the disk 1 seated in the recess or seat in the upper end of the neck of the bottle as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The handle 3 is then swung downwardly from the dotted line position indicated in Fig. '1 to the full line position indicated in this figure and the semi-circular part 7 is engaged with the bead of the bottle, permitting the latter to be safely carried. As above indicated, in order to extract the stopper, it is only necessary to manipulate the handle in such a way as to lift the disk 1 and in turn remove the stopper.

By carefully considering the description in connection with the drawings, persons familiar with devices of this class .will doubtless be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention. Therefore, a more lengthy and detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

Since probably the best results may be obtained with the construction and arrangement herein shown and described, this is taken as the preferred embodiment of the invention. However, I wish it to be understood that minor changes coming within the scope of the invention as claimed may be resorted to if desired' I claim:

1. A milk bottle carrier comprising a stopper-engaging member, a handle pivotally connected thereto, and means on the lower end of the handle for engaging the bead on the neck of the bottle.

2. A device of the class described comprising a stopper-engaging member, a handle connected thereto, bottle-engaging means carried by the handle, and a spur carried by said stopper-engaging member, being designed to be passed through the stopper so-that the device can be used as an extractor for the latter.

3. A. milk bottle carrier comprising a stopper-engaging disk for reception in the seat on the upper end of the milk bottle, a pair of upstanding arms carried by said disk, a handle having a cross piece on its upper end and being provided with an angular offset between its ends, said offset part carrying a bottle-engaging member, and means detachably and pivotally connecting said handle with said arms.

4. A bottle carrying device comprising a stopper-engaging disk for reception in the seat at the upper end of the bottle, said disk being equipped with upstanding arms, a handle detaohably and pivotally connected intermediate its ends with the upper ends of said arms, said handle being provided on its upper end with a cross piece forming a finger grip, having an angular offset near its lower end, and said offset part carrying a substantially semi-circular bead-engaging member, and a spur carried by the aforesaid disk for piercing the stopper.

In testimony whereof I have my hand. 7

EDWARD MICHAEL KNUDSEN.

hereunto set 

